When Jiang Yulou returned to the dormitory with the big box in his arms, Yu Min and the other three were already waiting anxiously.
Before he left, he left a message saying that he had brought them something good. However, within a few hours of leaving, if the country was not very safe, they would have thought that he had been in an accident.
"Yulou, are the good things you mentioned in the box?"
"What is it that's so mysterious?"
"Such a big box, it can't be a TV, right?"
"Part of the guess was correct." Jiang Yulou nodded with a smile and opened the box.
He took out the twelve-inch TV and placed it on the table.
"The TV."
Except that Yu Min still felt novel, Wei Guoping and Xu Xiangdong's enthusiasm was extinguished in an instant.
Although black and white TVs were still not popular in this era, their family conditions were impossible.
That is to say, black and white TV sets are expensive and there is no cable in the dormitory, otherwise the two of them would definitely find a way to get one.
First it was the tape recorder, then the TV set. The two of them somewhat admired the purchase channel that Jiang Yulou had found.
I made a friend who is a foreign journalist, but I didn’t expect it would be so convenient.
They are all thinking about finding a chance to make foreign friends.
"besides."
What Jiang Yulou took out was different this time. It looked like a tape recorder, but it definitely wasn't.
It was a black, flat, square machine with a rectangular notch on the front. The row of buttons printed with unknown symbols looked full of technology.
Finally discovering something he had never seen before, Xu Xiangdong became interested, "Yulou, what is this? Is it still a tape recorder? Is it a new brand?"
He had never seen this thing before, but his intuition told him that it was a good thing, something better than a television.
Jiang Yulou smiled proudly and said: "Haha, I didn't expect there to be something that Lao Xu didn't recognize."
He patted the video recorder in his hand and introduced: "This is the world's first home video recorder Betamax launched by Sony. The Chinese translation is Betamax, or BETA video recorder for short."
video recorder?
A group of people looked at each other, basically hearing this term for the first time.
Jiang Yulou didn't waste any time explaining to them. He unplugged the desk lamp, connected the power to the TV and VCR, connected the audio and video cables, pressed the AVTV switch button on the TV control panel, and took the finished product from the satchel that was left on the bed. He took out a black box that was slightly larger than the tape, pushed it into the compartment of the video recorder, and gently pressed the play button next to it.
In fact, he was not very good at operating this kind of antique. Fortunately, he asked about how to use it when he bought it.
The TV screen flashed, and a comic book came into view, followed by a narration. Finally, after a series of names of the main creative staff, a capital S logo and the title of the film in English letters popped out.
Yu Min gave a poor translation: "Superman, super man?"
"Pfft. Damn Super Man, this is the movie Superman adapted from DC Comics." Jiang Yulou was amused and said the correct translation of the movie.
Wei Guoping's eyes lit up and he said: "DC Comics? I know that American comic magazines contain stories about various superheroes fighting bad guys. Superman is the most powerful hero among them. His comics have actually been made into movies. It's really so cool!"
Jiang Yulou glanced at him in surprise, "Okay, I also know Superman and DC Comics."
Wei Guoping touched his nose, said nothing, and just smiled.
Although what he said was very clear, it was also my first time to watch this type of movie. Although he has channels to watch special movies, there is nothing of this type.
Even if there are blockbusters, they are the kind of old movies that have been released for many years.
"Superman" is different, it was released last year.
As for knowing DC comics, it was quite accidental. I saw it by chance at a friend's house. I only found out about it when I asked about it out of curiosity.
His friend was a real fan of DC comics. He at least bought a bookcase of comics.
Wei Guoping is interested in American culture, but he doesn't like comics very much, and his understanding of it is limited.
Yu Min listened with envy as the two talked about movies and comics. He didn't understand these and had no chance to interrupt.
Xu Xiangdong focused more on the video recorder, which he had never seen before.
He had seen movies and foreign movies. He knew that movie theaters had equipment for showing movies, but they were not so portable. He immediately became interested.
Since television gradually entered working-class families in big cities in 1976, because there were too few TV programs to meet the needs of the general audience, CCTV introduced many foreign movies for dubbing and broadcast, so many people have watched foreign movies on TV. .
It’s just that the dubbing at that time was really hard to describe in one word. There were good dubbing, but few.
However, it was the first time in my life for an older girl to watch a movie in this way.
Xu Xiangdong stroked the casing of the video recorder. It was cold and had a good texture. He just didn't know if this equipment was expensive. If possible, he would also like to add an electrical appliance to his home.
He just watched Jiang Yulou operate the video recorder, which was very convenient. If you can watch movies at home, it will definitely be a very fashionable thing.
Xu Xiangdong likes to be popular, and the video recorder can realize his inner thoughts.
The more he watched, the more he liked it, so he asked: "Yulou, where did you get this video recorder, or did that foreign girl help you find it at the newspaper office?"
Jiang Yulou replied calmly: "No, I bought it at the US Embassy this time."
"Oh, the embassy... wait, where did you say it is?" Xu Xiangdong's eyes widened and he couldn't close his mouth.
"Yes, it's the US Embassy."
Jiang Yulou told the story of how he and Olivia went to the embassy to "buy goods" today.
It is now 1979. Although the world's first video recorder has been on the market for four or five years, it will be one or two years before the first batch of civilian video recorders are imported into the country.
So we can't blame them for being ignorant. In fact, high-tech products like video recorders are rare even in developed countries.
Not to mention rural people like Yu Min, Wei Guoping and Xu Xiangdong's understanding of movie screenings is still limited to the mode of movie theaters and TV broadcast signals. They have never even heard of buzzwords such as home theater.
"Going to the embassy to buy used goods, are you kidding me?" Wei Guoping suspected that he heard wrongly.
He could understand if it was a newspaper office. After all, Jiang Yulou seemed to have a good relationship with the foreign girl, and tape recorders could be bought in China, but video recorders were different.
Not to mention that this thing is more expensive, in China even those big guys living in Yanjing have never heard of it. Moreover, he got it from the embassy...
Why is this? Does the embassy still recognize you as a mainland student?
Not only Wei Guoping, but also Xu Xiangdong and Yu Min also wanted to know the answer to this question.
Yes, are you, Jiang Yulou, special?
This is so jealous!
